Entertainment

The 2015 Formula 1® Rolex Australian Grand Prix will showcase a world of off-track entertainment with an array of activities to suit fans of all ages. Our entertainment schedule is now live and features some old favourites and some fabulous new off-track diversions.

General Admission

Melbourne’s spectacular Albert Park street circuit is the perfect setting for the opening round of the 2015 FIA Formula One World Championship™ season. Get your first look at the new V6 Turbo power unit in action and see how they perform under the new regulations.

James Boag's Premium Zone Upgrade

Upgrade your existing General Admission or Grandstand ticket to access the James Boag's Premium Zone. This is the perfect place to upgrade your Grand Prix experience and enjoy a more comfortable and social environment.

GA + James Boag's Premium Zone Package

These packages include a General Admission ticket as well as access to the James Boag's Premium Zone. With a range of single day, or multi-day packaged options the James Boag's Premium Zone is the perfect place to kick back and enjoy the race.

4-day Grandstand

4-corner Grandstands

The 4 Corner Grandstand ticket option provides an opportunity to experience 4 different stand locations across the 4 days of the event. Watch the action from unique vantage points in a different grandstand each day.

ROUND 2 Preview - Malaysia 23-25

Circuit Length:

Laps:

Lap Record:

2011 Results

Pole Position:

1st:

Sebastian Vettel (Red Bull Renault) 1:37.39.832

2nd:

Jenson Button (McLaren Mercedes)

3rd:

Nick Heidfeld (Lotus Renault)

Fastest Lap:

Mark Webber (Red Bull Renault); 1:40.571 - 198.415 km/h on Lap 46

From the tight confines of a street circuit to the flowing, undulating lay-out created specially by Hermann Tilke (it was his first track in F1): what will the contrast tell us about the 2012 machinery?

“Sepang will be interesting for everybody,” says Mercedes driver Michael Schumacher, “because it will be the first clue to the real relative strengths of all the cars.”

If that’s the case, watch for another sterling performance from McLaren and particularly from Jenson Button. That combination looked, already, the class of the field in Melbourne and since these races are back-to-back that hasn’t given the chasing pack much margin for improvement before Sunday’s race.

And how will Pirelli’s new-for-2012 tyres cope with the Sepang condition? It’s never really dry there: even when it’s not raining the humidity touches 80%! It’s also hot (track temperature up to 50 degrees) and the Sepang track surface is unusually abrasive.

So Pirelli will take the P Zero Silver for its first outing this year – it’s the hardest of their dry-weather compounds. The option will be the P Zero White (medium) tyre we saw in Australia. Watch for the left-hand tyres doing most of the work.

One man keen to make a big impression, after being cruelly denied the chance to do so in Australia, is Romain Grosjean. The Lotus man has raced at Sepang before in GP2 and can’t wait to get back out there. “It’s nice and wide,” he says, “with fast flowing corners and a lot of undulation which makes it great fun to drive. The last corner is a tricky one, but I enjoy everything about racing here.”

Track characteristics: two long straights with very tight corners at the ends… high-speed sections like Turns 5 and 6 as well as twisty stuff like Turns 1 and 2… a super overtaking opportunity into the left-hander at Turn 15 and the 660m sprint to the first corner, the second-longest after Barcelona.

P2 in 2010 is Mark Webber’s best Sepang result, though he has been in the points on three other occasions; Daniel Ricciardo, meanwhile, makes his Malaysian debut with Toro Rosso. Can the young Aussie build on his brilliant last-lap burst into the points in his home debut?
Point to note: Heikki Kovalainen will pay a five-place grid penalty after being found guilty of passing Sebastian Vettel under the Safety Car in Melbourne.

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